I was sitting alone in a church trying
to write the first song of a musical (which turned
out to be God With Us) that would be a big and
powerful choral anthem inviting people into God's
presence. What came out of my mouth really surprised
me because it was so gentle. I put it aside thinking,
"This is not the big choral anthem I was
looking for;" however, I couldn't get the
medley out of my head.
I tried it out for the first time unfinished in
a little church in Oklahoma. I had my legal pad
at the piano and because I didn't have the rhymes
yet I just sang the four thoughts I had sketched
for a bridge (I want to be where you are, dwelling
in your presence, feasting at your table, surrounded
by your glory) and decided I'd figure out the
rhymes later. But the song so impacted the people
that I never changed it.
This song was unique because I felt the Lord had
let me capture, in music, a prayer and a cry on
hundreds and thousands of people's hearts, people
want to be in God's presence. (Psalm 27:4) |
